874 A Million Times for You 236 (1/2)
”I knew you would rebut me like this.” He went on unhurriedly, ”The two of you only have scattered memories of your previous lives, of course you wouldn't know many things that once happened. Why not let me remind you of why I know that marriage between you will be bound to end up in failure. That's because I know that both of you were cursed.”
Stupefied, An Xiaoning stammered, ”What… what curse?”
”Of course, it's a curse that forbids you both from staying by each other's side forever.”
”Then we can just not get married, right?” An Xiaoning was fearless about it.
”You're wrong.” He laughed wryly. ”I meant that the two of you can never be together.”
”I'm really doubting the truth of what you're saying right now,” An Xiaoning's said in a light tone. ”You can say whatever you want, but how would I know if it's true?”
The man stood there and remarked, ”If the curse isn't real, the relationship between the two of you would not have ended up in tragedy in your past lives. If it isn't real, why would you two have two failed marriages in this life? Do you want to have a bet with me? If you dare to marry Xi Houling a third time, I'll dare to bet that your third marriage with him will end up in a divorce, just like the first two times.”
”Since you said that we're under a curse, can you then tell me who put that curse on us?”
”Do you think I'll tell you?” He kept his mouth sealed, not wanting to reveal anything further. ”As to why I'm in such a leisurely mood to tell you these right now, I can only say that I'm really too bored today.”
”Can I ask you a question?”
”Shoot.”
”What relationship did I have with you in my past life? Were we friends, enemies, or something else?”
He paused for a long moment before responding, ”That's not important. What's important is, have you actually taken in my advice?”
”Nope.” She lay down and remarked leisurely, ”You've made a wasted trip.”
Her words made the man on the verge of choking to his death. After taking in a deep breath, he warned, ”You're on your own now, then.”
Once his words landed, his figure disappeared into thin air.
An Xiaoning picked up her phone and typed out the content of her conversation with the man into a text message to be sent to Jin Qingyan. She wanted to hear what he had to say about it.
Even after a while had passed since she sent the text, she did not receive any reply. Thinking that he might be asleep, she decided not to wait any longer and prepared to sleep.
But no matter how she tried, she was unable to fall asleep.
Despite feeling exceptionally sleepy, she just could not get to sleep.
Most probably, she had been affected by what the man had said earlier.
Although she claimed that she had not taken his advice seriously, even with her toenails, she knew that it had gotten to her.
Whether the curse was real or not, she would verify it in the future. If it was real, she would find the source of the curse and destroy it through any means. If it wasn't real, then there was nothing left to say.
After tossing and turning repeatedly, she only managed to get some sleep at two to three in the morning.
When she woke up in the morning, the rays of the sun were already beaming in all directions outside.
She reached out for her phone in a daze and looking at the time: it was already past eight.
There was also a notification for an unread message.
It was Jin Qingyan's reply to her text message, and it read: ”Previously, because of my lack of trust toward you, we missed out on each other for some time. In the future, I'll only believe in our relationship. I won't care about anything else. Don't even mention a curse, even if the Heavens don't allow, I will fight against them.”
An Xiaoning grinned as she replied to him: ”Honey, you're so wonderful. I have to watch you properly so that other little vixens won't have a chance to get you.”
He replied: ”That won't happen. Only you can make me exhilarated in bed.”
An Xiaoning replied: ”You naughty thing” before getting up to rinse, put on her makeup, and then eat.
”Mother, what are you doing?”